Gran Turismo 6 for PlayStation 4 In Mind, Says Creator

Kevin Chieng
May 15, 2013 at 2:30PM

Gran Turismo 6 was officially announced for PlayStation 3 earlier today, but we all know that means the game would not be playable for PS4 thanks to a lack of backwards compatibility. Even if it did run, it wouldn't be taking advantage of the full hardware. Fortunately, Kazunori Yamauchi, the father of the Gran Turismo series, has come out to say that the sixth iteration of the popular racing franchise may indeed be heading to the PlayStation 4.

Speaking to IGN, Yamauchi says, "We actually do have a PlayStation 4 version in mind, but for this holiday season, we thought it would be best for users to release on PS3 for now. I thought the best scenario would be to have the game come out, then to have new scenarios, new DLC and other updates. Once the players have thoroughly played out the system, if the PlayStation 4 version came out naturally, as part of that process, I think that would be the best scenario.”

IGN asked if it would be possible for players to transfer progress from the PS3 to the PS4 version of the game when the next-gen version does come out. Yamauchi replies back with "probably."

So while a PlayStation 4 version is already in the minds of Polyphony Digital, it doesn't mean we should be expecting the game to run on next-generation hardware any time soon. If you truly want to get a taste of Gran Turismo 6, your best bet still is to hold onto that PlayStation 3 and keep it connected for GT6 when it releases this holiday.

If you missed our GT6 announcement earlier today, be sure to check it here.

Let us know in the comments if you'll be playing the game this year on PS3 or if you're going all in with PS4.